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Educational Activities<\/h1>

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The half-day release sessions are held every Thursday afternoon in term-time at the Education Centre at Barnet Hospital.
The afternoon begins with a presentation on a mixture of clinical and non-clinical subjects delivered usually by Specialist Consultants, General Practitioners or GP trainees. As would be expected, the emphasis is primary care driven and provides clinical knowledge as well as practical information to help in life in General Practice. ST3s are given the opportunity to do a tell-us-in-ten talk in which they do a ten-minute talk on any topic of their choice. This provides them with the opportunity to practise public speaking and presentation skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the main talk, small group discussions take place facilitated by the Training Programme Directors (TPDs) covering clinical cases and situations which may have been difficult or challenging. The patient case discussion help understand encounters which cause uncertainty, difficulty or unexpected emotions.  There is an emphasis on promoting self-development and reflection within a safe learning environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We aim to have an annual residential two-day course, which allows trainees to study a topic in depth that is relevant to General Practice. The course encourages interaction and the development of team bonding and is usually led by a group of trainees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education Programme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barnet VTS Spring Term 2026 Teaching Programme<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Barnet Training Hub<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Barnet Community Education Network was initially created in 2014 and was reformed to The Barnet Primary Care Training Hub in 2019. The goal of the training hub is to improve the health, wellbeing and care available to people in Barnet through strengthening of the health and care workforce. The training hub has brought together over 30 organisations together to focus on how the workforce can best be developer to support local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The network aims to have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n